Improvement in combined haeeow and seeder



@hitch ,tetra @anni @fitta BENJAMIN RANDALL, OF ADAMS, NEW YORK.. Letters .Patent No. 70,898, dated Nocember 12, 1867.

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TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, BENJAMIN RANDALL, of Adams,in the county of Jetlerson, and 4State of New York, have invented a new and improved Combined Harrow and Seeding Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable othcrsskilled in' the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. i

This invention relates to a new combined liar-row and seeding machine, whereby ground may be harrowed and grain .and grass-seed sown at the same time. The'harrow portion ofthe device is substantiallythe same as that patented by James M. Freeman, August 27, 1867, the right and title of which is now duly 4vested in me, i by virtue of' assignments duly recorded in the Patent Ottico. By means-of the seeding attachment the device is rendered far more valuable than hitherto, as two machines are combined in one, both operating simultaneously, and saving a great deal of time and labor, without adding materially to the expense of the original harrow device, and without increasing in an appreciable degree the draught of the same. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- I Figure 1 is a. plan lor top view of my invention. i l c Figure 2, a side sectional view of the same, taken in the line :c rv, iig. l..

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. A represents an axle having a wheel, B, on each end, and C is a bow-shaped tliill attached to the axle, and resting upon the spring D, secured upon a harrow, E, to which the team is attached, the clevis or draught-hook i F on the harrow, to which ,hook the donbletree is`attached, `being-'connected to the thill C by a chain or rod, G, the thill being connected to the'spr'ing by a bolt, a. These 'parts are substantially the same as the barrow patented by James M. Freeman, and previously referred to. H is the drivers seat, the supports b of which are attached to the thill C, as in the original machine. To the rear sid'eof the axle A a seed-box, I is secured, said seed-box extending nearly the whole length of thev axle, and having placed within it a longitudinal shaft, J, provided with arms b. V This shaft .I extends through one end of the seed-box I, and has a pinion, c,l upon it,

i into which a wheel, d, attached to the hub of one of thewheels B, gears. By this means the shaft J is rotated, as the machine is drawn-along, and the seed'in the seed-box I prevented from choking or clogging in the same, n and made to pass through holes e in a perforatedl slide, K, at the bottom of the hopper'. `Iheholes c in this slide are of V form, and rounded at their wide end, as shown clearlyiin lig. 1,'and underneath this slide is the bottom L of the hopper, which is perforated with circular holesfof greater diameter than the widest part of the holes e in slide K. By adjusting the slide K so that its holes e will register more or less perfectly with the. lholesfin the bottom L, the capacity of said holesf may be varied as desired, to regulate the 'discharge of seed, and a greater or less quantity of seed sown on a given area, as may be required. '.lo the rear part of the axle A ascattering-board or plate, M, is attached, said board extending down underneath the seed-boxI, to receive the seed dropped from the same,'and scattering it so that it will fall upon the ground in a broadcast state.

In sowing grain and seeding .down land with grass-seed, this invention will prove to be valuable, and effect a great saving in labor. In sowing grain, the seed is dropped directly in the rear-of theharrow, the latter preparing the ground to receive the grain, and after the latter is sown the seed-box is supplied with grass-seed, the i slide K being adjusted so that the required quantity of grass-seed will he sown on a given area oi' ground, and

the machine again drawn over the ground, the harrow in the latter operation covering the grain-seed. v A I -I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent l 1. The-shaft J in the seed'bo-x I, provided with the radial arms b, and rotated by lmeans of suitable gears i from one ot' the wheels B, when the same is in combination with the scattering-hoard or plate M, and all arranged substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. y

2. The slide K, perforated with the V-shaped holes c,:aud tting in thc seed-box I, in combination with the perforated bottom L of the seed-box, which is perforated with circular holesf, and the scattering-board or plate M, the whole being constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

3. The combina-tion of the barrow, connected with the'truck or mougted frame, and theseeddistributing apparatus applied to said frame, all arranged substantially in the manner as and for the purpose set forth.

B. RANDALL.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL C. Jonas, J. ALIsoN Fassnn. 

